From a Martial Arts Sect to an Immortal Cultivation Sect从武林门派到长生仙门

I have continued to latest chapters, which is 302, and I have found this to be very enjoyable as a chill read, especially with chill music. Although still mediocre, it shows some glimpses of brilliance when it comes to the side characters. The side characters are truly well written when the author puts effort into their stories. Sometimes they lose, sometimes they win. Other times they may lose a precious loved one or gain a new friend/lover. Most importantly, they learn and grow. This adds so much depth and character to those side characters, it makes them feel alive.

In comparison, the mc is truly the most uninteresting character in this story. He is op so he never loses a fight, his friends and family never die and so never truly feels grief and lose, he just never fails at anything and gains want he wants pretty easily. At most, he lost a close subordinate, but that was just a plot point from another side characters story that inadvertently effected him. And his character is pretty shallow in my opinion, his conduct and morals are pretty average and cliché for a cultivation mc. This makes his story very uninteresting. In cases likes this, I look to the mc's powers or cheat to peek my interest, however in this story the system is pretty Inconsistent while being cliche. And while the mc has access to all of his sects spells and techniques, he only ever uses sword techniques or movement techniques, and the sword techniques aren't very imaginative either(there is bias here btw. I think sword cultivation is the most boring type of cultivation, even worst than basic five elements cultivation). Ultimately I found the mc to be the greatest flaw to this story.

The second greatest though, is the pacing. From the beginning of the story to chapter 302, only 23-24 years have passed. Yet, the growth of the sect and cultivation of all disciples is just far too quick, even for those with mediocre talent. And most glaring is the forced tension. Every couple of years, a new sect destroying threat crops up and growth of the threats is very linear. New threats are weaker than the mc while being stronger than almost all the sect disciples and the previous threat. It feels very superficial and predictable. Whether it's the growth of the sect or the threats, in the time frame the author present, they all feel unnatural and forced. The author unfortunately doesn't use timeskips as often as he should, and doesn't focus on slice of life and sect building as much as he should be for a story about sect building.